DAPPH
as dyslexik as I'm daft
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Fuel tanks used to be made from galvanised or tin plated steel sheet before various plastic tanks came on the scene .Can you galvanise fuel tanks? As in beyond the obvious practical reasons (drains etc) but is the galv safe with fuel?
If so then perhaps worthwhile? Only problem I can see is internal baffles but I'd have thought there should be holes low down to allow fuel to flow when it's low.
Steel tanks with riveted in baffles and once the ends were crimped over all seems and rivet heads & the filler neck were sweat solder up or flooded with Tinmans solder.
I've repaired a fair few in my time, I like the idea of plastic tank as they tend to soften with heat and burn without a big explosion as the fuel ignites .
The big problem with galv & tin plate tanks is that after a few years the microscopic water content of fuels gets through the thin galv or tin plating and starts to rust / eat away the steel .
I think it would be very difficult to internallt tinplate ot galvanise a ready made tank .
Old two stoke military motor bike of the 1950's had steel tanks , those tanks that the mix ed fuel in the tank rarely rusted from what I saw , Due I suspect to the two stroke oil mix , shape of the tank and position of the outlet on the tank , the fuel filter usually caught any water and bits of crud in the 100 squares per inch fine brass filter mesh .